The Lo Down - Our Marley Park Adventure

Hey Guys and Dolls,

The weather in Ireland at the moment has been amazing. I love a nice bit of sunshine like everybody else so of course I had to make the most of it so Daragh and I decided to take a trip to Marley Park last week. Himself had never been to Marley Park before so as Bilbo Baggins said in The Hobbit we're going on an adventure and that we did.

We went up to the park last Wednesday and we had a nice walk around and then we chilled out in the grass and listened to some music which was total bliss. I love Marley Park myself it's so nice to be in absolutely beautiful surroundings and Daragh really liked it too. We are definitely considering going to Longitude in July, I adore Mumford and Sons and they are playing on the Sunday so we're going to try get 2 tickets soon. We are going to Damien Dempsey in the Iveagh Gardens in July aswell so we are going to have to try and fit Longitude in aswell as it's usually really good craic, sure you can't really beat a festival style concert in a park. It sounds amazing and it will be my first time going aswell if we do manage to get tickets that is.

If you haven't taken a visit to Marley Park in a while definitely try to get there whilst the weather is so good, you won't regret it.

Laura<3

Muffins & The Park

Waking up early this morning wasn't on my agenda but when you have a little nephew like mine you begin to expect the unexpected. Rewind back to 10am this morning and I was in my kitchen, bright eyed and bushy tailed (NOT!) making double choc chip muffins with my Mum and Ryan. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here these muffins came straight out of a Tesco's HomeCook Baking Kit, anything that makes things easier is good for me. These were unbelievably simple to make and Ryan was the best little helper getting all the extra ingredients sorted. When everything was done and in the oven, he even took some timeout to lick the wooden spoon. How I miss my younger years! The muffins themselves turned out pretty well, we could of added icing but again we wanted to keep things as simple as possible. I don't eat sweet things so my Dad and Ryan were the food critics for these, needless to say they went down a storm. I think my Mum and I will be picking up some more of these in the future, the chocolate fudge brownie option sounds yummy. Expect to see some more of these baking posts really soon!

In the afternoon we headed up to Marley Park which is the best place to go for a lovely scenic walk. I feel really lucky that it's so close to where I live, sometimes I must admit I take it for granted. Every Summer there are concerts held in the park and big international acts fly in to play at it. I have never been myself but I know a lot of people that have. Longitude is being held in Marley Park this year, I think it's such a great venue for the weekend festival. I think the atmosphere will be electric. I dunno if I'll go as I'm not familiar with some of the acts that are playing at it, though I do love Vampire Weekend. I just don't think that would justify forking out on a one day ticket. On the weekends they have a really nice Farmers Market which I've past by once before when I was out jogging through the park with my friend. It was nice to chill and look at all the stalls this time around compared to whizzing by like lightning. I didn't buy anything but my Mum  and Dad went to a couple of the food stalls and picked up some lovely pasta sauces. Ryan got some jelly babies and worms from the Sweet stand which was huge. It had so many different sweets, I spotted a lot of old favourites. It wouldn't be a trip to Marley Park without having a walk through the forest. It's such a lovely scenic walk that I use to go on so much as a child. We spotted lots of robins and swans, Ryan really enjoyed it. I'm definitely not going to leave it so long before I visit again.

I'm heading out tonight for Paddy's Day tonight. I know a day early but there's no way I'm heading into work on Monday with a hangover that would be a nightmare, plus I feel like I'm a bit too old for that sort of thing. I have my outfit picked out for tonight and no I'm not wearing green. I'll probably have some lovely green eye makeup though, courtesy of my Urban Decay Theodora palette I'll definitely take a picture to show you guys. You may see it in a post very soon!

What do you guys have planned for St Patrick's Day? Hope you have a good one!

Laura<3